THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 17th August, 1872.
SIR,—I transmit to you, at the request of the
Civil Service Commissioners, the enclosed Regula-
tions for an Examination of Candidates for the Civil
Service of India, which is to be held in April, 1873.
I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN COMPETITION OF 1873.

N.B.—The Regulations are liable to be altered in
future years.

1. On Tuesday, 1st April, 1873, and following
   days, an Examination of Candidates will be held in
   London. At this Examination not fewer than
   Candidates will be selected, if so many shall be found
   duly qualified. Of these, will be selected for
   the Presidency of Bengal [ for the Upper
   Provinces, and for the Lower Provinces],
   for that of Madras, and for that of
   Bombay.* Notice will hereafter be given of the days
   and place of examination.

2. Any person desirous of competing at this Exami-
   nation, must produce to the Civil Service Commis-
   sioners, before the 1st of February, 1873, evidence
   showing—

(a.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her
Majesty.

(b.) That his age on the 1st March, 1873, will
be above seventeen years and under twenty-
one years. [N.B. In the case of Natives of
India this must be certified by the Govern-
ment of India, or of the Presidency or Pro-
vince in which the Candidate may have
resided.

(c.) That he has no disease, constitutional affec-
tion, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or
likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of
India.†

(d.) That he is of good moral character.
He must also pay such fee as the Secretary of
State for India may prescribe.‡

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be
   primâ facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Com-
   missioners, the Candidate will, upon payment of the
   prescribed fee, be admitted to the Examination. The
   Commissioners may, however, in their discretion, at
   any time prior to the grant of the certificate of
   qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such
   further inquiries as they may deem necessary; and
   if the result of such inquiries, in the case of any
   Candidate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any
   of the above respects, he will be ineligible for ad-
   mission to the Civil Service of India, and if already
   selected, will be removed from the position of a
   Probationer.

• The number of appointments to be made, and the number
  in each Presidency, &c., will be announced hereafter.

† Evidence of health and character must bear date not
earlier than the 1st January, 1873.

‡ The fee for this Examination will be £5, payable by means
of a special stamp, according to instructions which will be com-
municated to candidates.

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4. The Examination will take place only in the
   following branches of knowledge :--

English Composition ... Marks. 500
History of England—including that
of the Laws and Constitution ... 500
English Language and Literature ... 500
Language, Literature, and History of
Ditto " Greece ... 750
Ditto " Rome ... 750
Ditto " France ... 375
Ditto " Germany ... 375
Ditto " Italy ... 375
Mathematics (pure and mixed) ... 1,250
Natural Science; that is—
(1) Chemistry, including Heat;
(2) Electricity and Magnetism;
(3) Geology and Mineralogy;
(4) Zoology; (5) Botany ... 1,000
**The total (1,000) marks may be obtained
by adequate proficiency in any two or
more of the five branches of Science
included under this head.

Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental
and Moral Philosophy ... 500
Sanskrit Language and Literature ... 500
Arabic Language and Literature ... 500
Candidates are at liberty to name, before February
1, 1873, any or all of these branches of knowledge.
No subjects are obligatory.

5. The merit of the persons examined will be
   estimated by marks; and the number set opposite
   to each branch in the preceding regulation denotes
   the greatest number of marks that can be obtained
   in respect of it.

6. No candidate will be allowed any marks in
   respect of any subject of examination, unless he shall
   be considered to possess a competent knowledge of that
   subject.*

7. The Examination will be conducted by means of
   printed questions and written answers, and by vivâ
   voce Examination, as may be deemed necessary.

8. The marks obtained by each Candidate, in
   respect of each of the subjects in which he shall
   have been examined, will be added up, and the names
   of the Candidates who shall have obtained
   a greater aggregate number of marks than any of
   the remaining Candidates will be set forth in order
   of merit, and such Candidates shall be deemed to be
   selected Candidates for the Civil Service of India,
   provided they appear to be in other respects duly
   qualified. Should any of the selected candidates
   become disqualified, the Secretary of State for India
   will determine whether the vacancy thus created shall
   be filled up or not. In the former case, the candidate
   next in order of merit, and in other respects duly
   qualified, shall be deemed to be a selected candidate.
   A selected candidate declining to accept the appoint-
   ment which may be offered to him will be disqualified
   for any subsequent competition.

9. Selected candidates, before proceeding to India,
   will be on probation for two years, during which time
   they will be examined periodically, with a view of
   testing their progress in the following subjects:—†

(1.) Oriental Languages:
Sanskrit ... 500

• "Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out
  premiums for knowledge of wide surface and of small depth.
  We are of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no credit
  at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere smatterer."
  Report of Committee of 1854. A deduction of marks will
  be made under each subject, including Mathematics.

† Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued
will be issued to the successful candidates as soon as possible
after the result of the open competition is declared.